Black Phase

We’re in Black phase now. It only gets harder and busier for D from here. He took his APFT 5 the other day and passed. Not only that but he scored high enough that he still has his Ranger contract. There are a lot of men in his unit going to Ranger and Special Forces. And 5 of the guys lost their contracts that day :/ But NOT D, YAY!!! So, the only utensil that D is allowed to use at this time (and the last several months) is a spoon. He tells me you’d be amazed at what a spoon can do. You can cut, spread and scoop bigger bits with it. It’s very handy. :P  I really enjoyed his story about the spoon so I wanted to share. With D being in Black Phase now that means he’s training as an Infantry Men. So if he did some other MOS in the Military he would have graduated by now. That’s why things are harder from this point on. He’s biggest prayer request at this point is, his knees. They are really hurting him. With these next few weeks only getting more intense he really needs the prayer. A little idea of how intense the next couple weeks are going to be. After it’s over they give them a week to recover from it. Lets see…D is an expert shooter  :D he’s ranked 3^rd in the whole company. That’s a little over 200 men. And he was disappointed by that because he said if he just relaxed he wouldn’t have missed that shot. :P I think he should still be proud. But I’m a girl so, yeah. They also do stuff were they “fight” each other and he’s ranks 3^rd in his unit of 45 men. So that’s pretty awesome too.  He’s done a lot as a late. BTT (Buddy Tactic Techniques) That’s pretty much where you and another guy go through a course with barriers and cars and stuff for cover while providing cover fire for your buddy. Lots of shooting different guns,  Foot Marches 8 and 10 miles. The 12 miles is coming up. Hand Grenade Training, and Nigh Courses. What we want now is for D to make it to the Top of Honor Hill!! Please pray for that! As you can see D has been doing very well. 

Only a few prayer requests this time.

1    1. His knees

2    2. He makes it to the top of honor hill

3    3.  Our marriage keeps growing stronger (we both of said we can see how much it already has, PTL)

So far the Lord has been doing some amazing work. I see a lot of answered prayer on both of our ends. He is so faithful and amazing!! Thank you for all your prayers and support. We can feel it. :D

Love,

DAB

P.S Yes the photo here IS D enjoy!